Dr. Robin Cook is an American doctor and novelist renowned for pioneering the medical thriller genre. He masterfully blends intricate medical knowledge with suspenseful narratives, exploring cutting-edge biotechnology and public health issues. Cook's work often serves to illuminate both the technological frontiers of modern medicine and the complex ethical dilemmas they present. His unique ability to anticipate societal controversies and engage readers with timely topics has solidified his reputation as a compelling voice in contemporary fiction.
The story follows a first-year resident who encounters life-altering visions that uncover the hidden truths behind significant medical breakthroughs. As these revelations unfold, the narrative explores the intersection of personal experience and medical history, challenging the protagonist's understanding of both medicine and their own identity.
A gripping medical thriller set in New York City, where an apparent death by suicide is not all it seems . . .
Brian Murphy si s rodinou užívá pohodový letní pobyt na mysu Cape Cod, když se u jeho ženy Emmy začnou projevovat silné příznaky chřipky. Následuje hektický návrat domů do New Yorku, po prodělaném záchvatu v autě je Emma značně dezorientovaná a na pohotovosti upadá do kómatu. V nemocnici jí diagnostikují koňskou encefalomyelitidu východního typu neboli EEE, vzácné a vysoce smrtelné virové onemocnění přenášené komáry. Záhy navíc jejich malá dcera vykazuje znepokojivé příznaky stejné nemoci. Situace se stane ještě strastiplnější, když Brian obdrží závratný účet za pobyt v nemocnici, a co hůř, pojišťovna náklady neproplatí s odvoláním na pochybné klauzule v Brianově pojistce. Naštvaný Brian přísahá, že bude hledat spravedlnost…
A doctor is found dead in the hospital car park. Uncovering the truth will take Jack and Laurie to the darkest reaches of New York medicine. This is a medical thriller from the master of the genre, Robin Cook.
When an unidentified, seemingly healthy young woman collapses suddenly on the New York City subway and dies upon reaching the hospital, her case is an eerie reminder for veteran medical examiner Jack Stapleton of the 1918 flu pandemic. Fearful of a repeat on the one hundredth anniversary of the nightmarish contagion, Jack autopsies the woman within hours of her demise and discovers some striking anomalies: first, that she has had a heart transplant, and second, that, against all odds, her DNA matches that of the transplanted heart. Although the facts don't add up to influenza, Jack must race against the clock to identify the woman and determine what kind of virus could wreak such havoc a task made more urgent when two other victims succumb to a similar rapid death. But nothing makes sense until his investigation leads him into the fascinating realm of CRISPR/CAS9, a gene editing biotechnology that's captured the imagination of the medical community. and the attention of its most unethical members. Drawn into the dark underbelly of the organ transplant market, Jack will come face-to-face with a megalomaniacal businessman willing to risk human lives in order to conquer a lucrative new frontier in medicine and if Jack's not careful, the next life lost might be his own
Charlatans is an explosive thriller from New York Times bestselling author and master of the medical thriller Robin Cook. Noah Rothauser is the new super chief resident at the state-of-the-art Boston Memorial Hospital. Taking on such a prestigious job is a dream come true, but the pressures of the role become all too clear when a seemingly routine operation ends in disaster. With potential foul play suspected it falls to Noah to investigate what happened. Questioning those involved uncovers bitter feuds within the team when the egotistical Dr. William Mason is quick to blame staff anesthesiologist Dr. Ava London for the tragic outcome. However Dr. London, along with the nursing staff, point the finger at the surgeon. When two more unexpected deaths occur, Noah is forced to look closer at the impressively competent, charming, yet mysterious Dr. London. With his own job and integrity coming into jeopardy, Noah must decide which doctor is at fault and who he can believe - before any more lives are lost
Devastated by the death of her boyfriend after a routine surgery, fourth-year medical student Lynn Pierce investigates the accident and discovers a string of suspicious deaths at the hospital.
"George Wilson, M.D., a radiology resident in Los Angeles, is about to enter a profession on the brink of an enormous paradigm shift, foreshadowing a vastly different role for doctors everywhere. The smartphone is poised to take on a new role in medicine, no longer as a mere medical app but rather as a fully customizable personal physician capable of diagnosing and treating even better than the real thing. It is called iDoc. From the in side cover.
After a tumultuous year in which her mentor is murdered and her estranged father comes back into her life, Pia Grazdani, the embattled medical student from Death Benefit, decides to take a year off from her medical studies and escape New York City. Intrigued by the promise of the burgeoning field of medical technology and the chance to clear her head, Pia takes a job at Nano, LLC, a lavishly funded, security-conscious nanotechnology insititute in the picturesque foothills of the Rockies. Nano, LLC is ahead of the curve in the competitive world of molecular manufacturing, including the construction of microbivores, tiny nano-robots with the ability to gobble up viruses and bacteria. But the corporate campus is a place of secrets. She's warned by her boss not to investigate the other work being done at the gigantic facility, nor to ask questions about the source of the seemingly endless capital that funds the institute's research. And when Pia encounters a fellow employee on a corporate jogging path, suffering the effects of a seizure, she soon realizes she may have literally stumbled upon Nano LLC's human guinea pigs. Is the tech giant on the cusp of one of the biggest medical discoveries of the twenty-first century—a treatment option for millions—or have they already sold out to the highest bidder?
After a tumultuous year in which her mentor is murdered and her estranged father comes back into her life, Pia Grazdani, the embattled medical student from Death Benefit , decides to take a year off from her medical studies and escape New York City. Intrigued by the promise of the burgeoning field of medical technology and the chance to clear her head, Pia takes a job at Nano, LLC, a lavishly funded, security-conscious nanotechnology insititute in the picturesque foothills of the Rockies. Nano, LLC is ahead of the curve in the competitive world of molecular manufacturing, including the construction of microbivores, tiny nano-robots with the ability to gobble up viruses and bacteria. But the corporate campus is a place of secrets. She's warned by her boss not to investigate the other work being done at the gigantic facility, nor to ask questions about the source of the seemingly endless capital that funds the institute's research. And when Pia encounters a fellow employee on a corporate jogging path, suffering the effects of a seizure, she soon realizes she may have literally stumbled upon Nano LLC's human guinea pigs. Is the tech giant on the cusp of one of the biggest medical discoveries of the twenty-first century—a treatment option for millions—or have they already sold out to the highest bidder?
Pia Grazdani is an exceptional yet aloof medical student working closely with Columbia University Medical Center's premier scientist. Their cutting edge research could revolutionize health care; creating replacement organs. Thorough her work with the brilliant molecular geneticist Dr Tobias Rothman, Pia knows she will not only be given the chance to fulfil her professional ambitions - but also maybe finally all push aside memories of her difficult, abusive childhood. However, tragedy strikes in the lab. Pia, with the help of infatuated classmate George Wilson, launches an investigation into the unforeseen calamity in the hospital's supposedly secure biosafety lab. Meanwhile, two ex-Wall Street whiz-kids think they have found another lodestone in the nation's multi-trillion dollar life insurance industry, and race to find ways to control the data - and make a killing. And as Pia and George dig deeper into the events at the lab, matters become increasingly suspicious . . .
With her young son's potentially fatal neuroblastoma in complete remission, New York City medical examiner Laurie Montgomery returns to work at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner. Worried that she still has what it takes, Laurie finds her first case back to be a dangerous puzzler, involving organized crime and two start-up bio-tech companies caught in a zero-sum game. Satoshi Machita, a former Kyoto University researcher, is set to own a valuable patent controlling pluripotent stem cells destined to spark a trillion-dollar industry of regenerative medicine. When he dies on a crowded New York subway platform, Laurie must decide whether his death was natural - or something fiendish. Behind the scenes, there are people who would like to see Laurie as far away from the investigation as possible. Despite threats against her, Laurie presses on, until they extend to the person she loves most in the world: her son, JJ. Suddenly Laurie must face solving the crime - and saving her son's life.
Loď oceánografickej spoločnosti Benthic Marine náhodou natrafí na zaujímavú podhorskú horu. Pri pokuse prevŕtať sa do jej magmovej komory nastanú komplikácie. Prezident spoločnosti Perry sa rozhodne, že zistí príčiny ťažkostí z hĺbkovej ponorky v čase, keď majú dvaja potápači – Richard a Michael – vymeniť zlomený vrták. V ponorke je aj pilot Ronald a odborníčka na oceánografiu Suzanne. Len čo sa dostanú ku dnu, vtiahne ich neznáma sila do hlbín hory. Ľudia na povrchu si myslia, že posádka ponorky aj potápači zahynuli, oni sa však ocitnú v neznámom prostredí, kde prechádzajú zložitým dekontaminačným procesom. Po jeho skončení sa ocitnú v podzemnom svete – Interterre – plnom mierumilovných ľudí s nádhernými postavami. Ako neskôr vyjde najavo, je to civilizácia, ktorá sa vyvinula dávno pred dinosaurami, pre očakávanú katastrofu na zemskom povrchu sa však stiahla do podzemia. Jej príslušníci žijú večne, pretože poznajú technológiu odstránenia duše z tela a jej prenos na nové, čerstvo (aj keď umelo) narodené dieťa. Zo všetkého najviac sa boja násilia, ktoré symbolizuje kultúra ľudí na povrchu, a skupinu uniesli preto, aby im Suzanne vysvetlila dôvod čoraz častejších vrtov. Unesení ľudia majú možnosť získať všetky výhody vyspelejšej civilizácie s jediným obmedzením – nikdy sa nesmú vrátiť domov. Všetci spoločne, hoci z rôznych dôvodov, sa však rozhodnú, že z tohto podzemného raja utečú.
It's been over thirty years since New York City medical examiner Jack Stapleton graduated college and lost touch with former classmates Shawn Doherty and Kevin Murray. Once a respected ophthalmologist, Jack's life was altered by a tragic accident that shattered his family. Now remarried to fellow medical examiner Laurie Montgomery and a father, Jack's life seems stable. However, a post-mortem on a young college student treated by a chiropractor prompts him to delve into alternative medicine, questioning why some seek care outside traditional practices. Meanwhile, Shawn, now a renowned archaeologist and biblical scholar, has received permission for a final dig beneath Saint Peter's in Rome, despite his grudge against the Catholic Church. His startling discovery carries significant ecclesiastical and medical implications. When Kevin, now Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York, learns of Shawn's findings, he becomes desperate to suppress them to protect his political ambitions within the Church. Kevin reaches out to Jack for help in safeguarding this explosive secret, one that could change lives forever.
In this chilling new novel from the master of the medical thriller ("The New York Times"), New York City medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton rush to India to help a UCLA student investigating medical tourism and a sinister global conspiracy. Available in a tall Premium Edition.
New York City medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton returns in the stunning new novel from the master of the medical thriller-a ripped-from-the-headlines tale of an innovative doctor's dangerous downward spiral.
Student medicijnen Adam Schönberg gaat op zoek naar een baan wanneer zijn vriendin zwanger blijkt te zijn. Hij wordt artsenbezoeker bij de multinational Arolen Pharmaceuticals. Zijn vriendin Jennifer besluit voor haar zwangerschapscontrole naar de Julian Clinic te gaan. Het toeval wil dat Arolen Pharmaceuticals aan deze kliniek levert en zelfs de eigenaar ervan is. Maar hoe langer Adam bij Arolen Pharmaceuticals werkt, hoe meer hem opvalt dat er bepaalde zaken niet kloppen. Wanneer hij vervolgens hoort van verborgen en weerzinwekkende praktijken in de Julian Clinic, schrikt hij zich wezenloos. Adam zal moeten ingrijpen, want anders zou zijn vriendin wel eens het volgende slachtoffer kunnen zijn.
Als binnen korte tijd diverse jonge mensen aan een overdosis cocaïne overlijden, koestert aanvankelijk niemand argwaan. Totdat de jonge pathologe Laurie Montgomery verneemt dat familieleden en vrienden van de slachtoffers hardnekkig beweren dat de overledenen geen druggebruikers waren. Haar aanvankelijke nieuwsgierigheid slaat om in woede en frustratie als ze autopsie wil verrichten maar daarbij wordt gehinderd. Tot haar verbazing vindt ze meer dan één persoon op haar weg. Haar meerderen, de politie en... de nabestaanden. "Om politieke redenen"of "vanwege geloofsovertuiging" luiden de zwakke verweren. Dan is Laurie er echt van overtuigd dat er samenhang moet zijn tussen de ogenschijnlijk willekeurige gevallen. Verbeten zet ze haar onderzoek voort, zich realiserend dat ze niet alleen haar carrière maar ook haar leven op het spel zet.
When Dr. Craig Bowman receives a summons for medical malpractice, he is shocked and humiliated. A dedicated physician who has worked tirelessly to build his career, he now enjoys a successful concierge medical practice, providing personalized care to a select group of patients. However, his professional life is turned upside down when his estranged wife, Alexis, pleads for help during his trial. Enter Dr. Jack Stapleton, a medical examiner and Craig's brother-in-law, who agrees to assist Craig's defense attorney with his forensic expertise. Jack's unconventional idea to exhume the corpse to challenge the malpractice claims leads to unforeseen complications. As Craig's life and career hang in the balance, Jack uncovers troubling legal and medical truths that threaten to unravel everything. With powerful forces determined to protect their secrets, Jack must navigate a perilous path to reveal the truth and save his brother-in-law from the brink of disaster.
What could the Shroud of Turin, a conservative Southern senator, and an entrepreneurial researcher have in common? Here, politics, religion, and bioscience collide in a gripping narrative. Senator Ashley Butler, a quintessential demagogue, embodies traditional American values and reacts against virtually all biotechnologies. When tasked with chairing a sub-committee to ban new cloning technology, he sees it as pivotal for his political future. This poses a barrier for Dr. Daniel Lowell, who has developed a groundbreaking technique to advance stem-cell research. Although they appear to be opposites destined to clash during Senate hearings, both men share a critical flaw: Butler’s insatiable quest for power overshadows his concern for the unborn, while Lowell’s ambition for wealth and fame eclipses his patients’ well-being. The situation intensifies when Butler learns he has Parkinson’s disease, leading to a Faustian pact with Lowell. However, the premature use of Lowell’s technology results in Butler suffering from severe temporal lobe epilepsy, causing bizarre seizures. This cautionary tale reflects the challenges of navigating a rapidly evolving biotechnological landscape, highlighting the ethical dilemmas of our time.
When Archbishop Makarios was toppled as President of Cyprus in a 1974 coup, and Turkish forces invaded the island, few saw Cyprus as part of the incipient drive to create a new Europe. Yet, as the authors reveal here, behind the rhetoric of the politicians there is a growing view among Greek and Turkish Cypriots that the solution to Cyprus’s problems lies within the gift of Europe. They argue that the intercommunal stand-off can only be diffused and ultimately resolved by firmly embedding Cyprus within Europe.
Luton Past & Present gives a fascinating insight into the dramatic changes that have taken place in the city during the 20th century. The book recalls houses, public buildings, shops, factories, and pubs that have vanished or been changed almost beyond recognition. The pictures show changing types of transport and fashion, and the developing character of streets and districts as they took on the form that is familiar today. The astonishing periods of growth that occurred during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, and since World War II, are particularly well illustrated. Many aspects of the changing city are recalled—hospitals and schools, places of work and recreation, parks and squares, suburban streets and the main thoroughfares—and the pictures record the ceaseless building and rebuilding that characterizes the city today.
To earn some extra money, Debora Cochrane and Joanna Meissner, two financially strapped graduate students, become involved with a Boston fertility clinic in search of egg donors, but they become suspicious about the clinic and its head, Dr. Spencer Windgate, and risk their lives to uncover the truth
Histoire d'un flic qui, par désespoir et nostalgie du " bon vieux temps ", s'est réfugié dans une quête éperdue, impitoyable de la justice. Portrait, aussi, d'un tueur psychopathe, pervers, implacable et plein d'une étrange bonne conscience. Avec une galerie de pauvres types, d'indics, de malfrats miteux et de traîtres distingués.
A mysterious transmission from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean sends a team of oceanographers and divers on a perilous quest in search of a discovery that could transform modern science and the future of humankind. Original.
Dr. Kim Reggis is pas gescheiden, maar vastbesloten een goede vader te blijven voor zijn enige dochter Becky. Op een avond neemt hij Becky mee naar haar favoriete fastfoodrestaurant, waar ze zich te buiten gaan aan hamburgers en patat. Maar het feestje ontaardt in een regelrechte ramp als het meisje na enkele dagen ernstig ziek wordt. De etenswaren blijken besmet met de ecolibacterie. Is de vergiftiging een gevolg van onhygiënische omstandigheden? Of werd de besmetting bewust veroorzaakt door een rivaliserende fastfoodketen of een gefrustreerde ex-medewerker? Kim is vastbesloten het raadsel op te lossen, maar stuit al gauw op tegenwerkingen. Instanties hullen zich in stilzwijgen en er wordt zelfs gedreigd met fysiek geweld. Maar dan belandt Kim op een dodelijk spoor van intrige en schuld dat loopt van slachthuis naar directiekamer. Een spoor dat hij moet volgen in een race tegen de tijd, voordat er doden vallen.
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Robin Cook - Toxín: Dievčatko Becky má iba desať rokov a robí radosť svojim rodičom. A potom ju z ničoho nič skláti záhadná choroba-len preto, že zjedla neprepečený hamburger. Ojedinelý prípad, alebo hrôza, ktorá by sa mohla opakovať ? Otec sa zúfalo usiluje nájsť odpoveď a čoskoro sa ocitne vo víre vlastných hrôz. Mary Higgins Clarková - Mesačný svit ti pristane: Maggie Hollowayová jasala. Po rokoch odlúčenia sa konečne stretla s milovanou nevlastnou matkou. A tá ju navyše pozvala, aby s ňou strávila dva týždne v pôvabnom prímorskom letovisku. No len čo tam Maggie zavíta, urobí objav, z ktorého jej tuhne krv v žilách. A potom sa už nepríjemné prekvapenia valia jedno za druhým. Dick Francis - Horúce chvíle: Alexander Kinloch odjakživa dával prednosť samote pred civilizáciou. Najšťastnejší sa cíti v divej prírode škótskych hôr. Keď však na jeho rodinu doľahne rad zničujúcich udalostí vrátane zmiznutia cenného dedičstva, idyla sa rozplynie. Alexander musí zápasiť so všednými i nevšednými nástrahami života. LaVyrle Spencerová - Prísľub lásky: Keď školáčky Anička a Lucka pri krutej autonehode stratia matku, ich učiteľka sestra Regina im túži podať pomocnú ruku. Chce dievčatkám aj ich trúchliacemu otcovi celkom prirodzene poskytnúť útechu. Ale tým by porušila prísne rehoľné predpisy. Ako to urobiť, aby sa nespreneverila ani viere, ani svojmu srdcu ?
Dr Kim Reggis takes his daughter for a special night out to a fast-food restaurant. But the good time turns to tragedy when the young girl becomes ill and dies as a result of E coli poisoning. Kim devotes all his energies to tracing the cause of contamination, against even violent opposition.
From the master of the medical thriller comes a gripping tale of a deadly epidemic fueled by sinister sabotage—a cautionary narrative for the millennium amid colliding health care giants. After losing his Midwestern ophthalmology practice to a for-profit medical corporation and suffering a family tragedy due to a commuter airline crash, Dr. John Stapleton's life crumbles. Transitioning from a once-promising career to a jaded cynic, he retrains in forensic pathology and relocates to the cold, indifferent maze of New York City. Stapleton believes he has moved past pain, but a series of virulent illnesses, culminating in a deadly outbreak of a rare influenza strain, ignites his suspicions. The outbreaks are traced to hospitals and clinics controlled by the same corporation that took his practice, leading him to suspect a catastrophic conspiracy: could the for-profit giant be systematically eliminating its more costly patients? As he seeks the truth, Stapleton forms an unlikely partnership with Terese Hagen, an art director from a Madison Avenue advertising firm. Together, they uncover a Machiavellian plot behind the contagions that reveals even darker implications of managed health care, highlighting the risks faced by consumers in this new era.
A medical thriller about an African farm where genetically engineered subhumans are bred to provide organs for transplants. The racket is uncovered by two doctors investigating a bizarre murder in New York City.
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Gottspieler: Nach einer erfolgreich verlaufenen Herzoperation stirbt der zweiundvierzigjährige Patient unter unerklärlichen Umständen. Starchirurg Thomas Kingsley ist bestürzt, besonders weil in seiner Klinik bald darauf weitere rätselhafte Todesfälle registriert werden müssen. Wer hat hier seine Hände im Spiel, wer ist möglicherweise der Versuchung erlegen, »Gott« zu spielen? Fieber: Als der Krebsforscher Dr. Charles Martel ein neues Krebsheilmittel untersucht, stellt er fest, daß es nicht nur wirkungslos ist, sondern - unter Umständen - sogar lebensgefährlich. Sein Bericht hält aber die Herstellerfirma, der Umsätze wichtiger sind als Menschenleben, nicht davon ab, eine Werbekampagne für das Medikament zu starten. Mutig wendet sich der Arzt gegen solche Bedenkenlosigkeit, obwohl ihm bewußt ist, daß er damit seine Karriere aufs Spiel setzt. Er ahnt nicht, daß eines Tages auch sein Leben gefährdet ist...
Vite in pericolo. Il miracolo di suor Agnes. Il pugno di dio. Un amore d'autunno
Leaving their urban hospital for a modern medical facility in Bartlet, Vermont, Doctors Angela and David Wilson begin to notice puzzling details in the deaths of several terminal patients there. 250,000 first printing. $125,000 ad/promo. Lit Guild & Doubleday Main. Mystery Guild Alt.
“Like a runaway locomotive—a manically entertaining thriller. Robin Cook knows how to make the pages fly.”—Kirkus Reviews At a prestigious Florida medical center, brain cancer patients are treated with a 100% success rate. Sean Murphy, a young medical student, finds it hard to believe. Is it a miracle cure? Or the biggest con job in the history of medicine? As Sean delves deeper into the mystery, he begins to uncover secrets that get at the heart of a nearly unbelievable conspiracy he never could have imagined...
A City Forensic pathologist Dr. Laurie Montomery has a battle to foil a plot of unimaginable evil in Manhattan.
A medical thriller set in the thrilling and dangerous brave new world of reproductive technologies. Dr Marissa Blumenthal has suspicions about what is really going on behind the walls of the clinic where she is receiving fertilization treatment. By the author of Coma and Fever .
A physician turned fugitive must save himself and stop a lethal drug-tampering plot in Robin Cook's most disturbing techno-chiller yet. Anesthesiologist Dr. Jeffrey Rhodes's nightmare begins with nerve-shattering swiftness, but it will haunt him always: he administers routine anesthesia during a normal birth. Suddenly the young, healthy mother goes into inexplicable seizures and dies; her infant survives but is severely disabled and brain damaged. But the living nightmare is only beginning: sued first for malpractice, then brought up on criminal charges, Jeffrey is convicted of malpractice—to the tune of $11 million—then of harmful intent and reckless disregard for human life...second-degree murder carrying a mandatory prison term. A ruined man, Jeffrey must pull himself from the depths of despair to try to salvage the wreckage of his life. A subtle clue puts him and Nurse Kelly Everson on the trail of a crazed killer. With Kelly's aid, Jeffrey remains in hiding in order to find the truth and gain the evidence he needs to prevent more "malpractice" deaths and to clear his name. But that truth is even more shocking than Jeffrey imagined. For there is a third dimension to the whole affair that neither he nor Kelly could have anticipated...
